{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-60-85","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 85","heading":"Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest","body":"Section 85. A tenant in common or joint tenant, who pays the entire tax assessed upon land held jointly or in common, shall have a lien upon the interest of each of his co-tenants, to secure the payment to him of the proportion of such tax payable by each of said co-tenants respectively, with the costs of enforcing the same; but any person whose tax has been so paid by his co-tenant shall have the same right to recover it back if illegally assessed as he would have had if the tax had been paid under a protest by him in writing.","path":["Part I","Title IX","Chapter 60"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter60/Section85","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:57Z","sha256":"be5fa81c0aa1cdf7788d5e69d839b0d7c5e4ca81caa218cb268e75f87a141291","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-60-84a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-60-86"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}